# Forward Deployed Engineer

**Company:** [E2b](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/e2b)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Salary:** $120k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, TypeScript, Go, AWS, GCP, Azure, Terraform, Pulumi, Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, Vpc, IAM, Firecracker, Qemu
**Posted:** 2026-03-25

> Deploys and integrates secure AI sandbox infrastructure into enterprise customer environments, handling BYOC/on-prem setups, custom templates, and production debugging. Requires 5+ years in backend/infra/DevOps with Python/TS, cloud expertise, and customer-facing skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Integrate E2B into customer stacks: write SDK integrations, API wrappers, orchestration logic, CI/CD hooks using **Python**, **TypeScript**, **Go**.
- Plan and execute BYOC and on-prem deployments: assess infrastructure, design network topology (**VPC peering**, private endpoints), provision with **IaC** (**Terraform**/**Pulumi**), set up observability, validate isolation.
- Build custom sandbox templates and environments for specific runtime needs.
- Own technical success of enterprise deals from discovery to production.
- Debug production issues under pressure (e.g., crashing sandboxes, networking, UFFD deadlocks).
- Feed signals back to product, sales, engineering; contribute to design docs, ship fixes.
- Build repeatable assets: documentation, example repos, reference architectures.
- Navigate enterprise IT: **SSO/SAML**, corporate proxies, **MDM**, security policies.

## Requirements
- 5+ years software engineering with depth in backend systems, infrastructure/platform engineering, or **DevOps**/**SRE**.
- Strong **Python** and **TypeScript** proficiency (**Go** bonus).
- Hands-on **Linux**/**systems**: networking (**iptables**, DNS), isolation (**namespaces**, **cgroups**), **systemd**, debugging (**strace**/**tcpdump**/**perf**).
- Real **AWS**/**GCP**/**Azure** experience: **VPCs**, **IAM**, private networking, **Terraform**/**Pulumi**.
- Understanding of virtualization/isolation (**Firecracker**, **QEMU** bonus).
- Enterprise deployment experience (**SSO/SAML/OIDC**, proxies, **MDM**).
- Customer-facing communication and autonomy.

## Nice-to-haves
- **AI agent frameworks** (**LangChain**, **CrewAI**, **Vercel AI SDK**).
- Security/compliance (**SOC 2**, **HIPAA**, **GDPR**).
- Enterprise identity (**Okta**, **Azure AD**, **Google Workspace**).
- **BYOC**/on-prem experience.
- Prior FDE/solutions engineer role.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary: $120,000 - $220,000.
- Full healthcare, vision, dental insurance.
- Unlimited PTO.

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